UFC Fight Night 59 came almost exactly as advertised.

The fight card was stacked with Irish, Irish-American and local fighters from the Boston area. The night was capped off with Conor McGregor’s beatdown of the veteran Dennis Siver. After his victory, the Irishman followed up with a swift leap over the cage and a verbal assault unto the chuckling—and self-proclaimed “king” of the featherweight division—Jose Aldo.

As promised, McGregor will now receive a title shot, and will be fighting Aldo later in 2015, in what will most definitely be a candidate for fight of the year.

In addition to cementing himself as the next challenger in the division, McGregor is projected to have broken a UFC record. According to Fox Sports 1, UFC Fight Night 59 was the network’s highest-rated and most watched event ever.

McGregor is now arguably the most marketable fighter in the UFC.

In the co-main event, best friends Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and “Smooth” Benson Henderson put on a show for three rounds, exhibiting elite striking and lots of back-and-forth action.

In the end, Cerrone snuck away with the decision, despite fighting another top lightweight in Myles Jury merely 15-days prior. The “Cowboy’s” lifestyle and career path may be a bit unusual, but his seven-fight win streak speaks for itself. Whatever Cerrone is doing, it works for him.

Up next for the fan-favorite will likely be the bout that almost everyone in the MMA community has been campaigning for: Cerrone versus Khabib Nurmagomedov. The contest would pit two of the top lightweights against each other in what would serve as a title eliminator: winner receives a shot at the winner of the Anthony Pettis-Rafael dos Anjos fight.

For Benson Henderson, the former champ has now lost two fights in a row, and was visibly mad post-fight as he claimed he wanted to fight next week. Although that is extremely unlikely, expect Henderson to return to action very soon. Possible options for his next opponent include Edson Barboza, Myles Jury or Eddie Alvarez among others.

The UFC learned a lesson on the marketing side of the business. Before the fight, each seat in the TD Garden was equipped with a pair of light-up thunder sticks. Apparently, removing the light from the thin, plastic stick was fairly easy to do, as the lights were flying around the arena for the duration of the night. To put it lightly—no pun intended—the thunder sticks were a mess, as far more people chose to launch their freebees from the balcony, rather than to hold on to their souvenirs. On the bright side, the cascade of lights looked pretty cool during the co-main and main event, as that’s when they really began to start flying.

Overall, UFC Fight Night 59 was a success. The atmosphere was amazing, and comparable to fights at the MGM Grand, as the chants of “olé, olé, olé, olé” rained down during the fights, making for an exciting scene. The green thunder sticks—despite being largely misused—were a valiant effort to make the event more aesthetically pleasing, and ultimately served as an excellent free souvenir. Make no mistake, the UFC and MMA is spectacle to behold, as the TD Garden in Boston was sold-out on the same night and at the same time as the AFC Championship game, which included the local New England Patriots.

Per Conor McGregor: “We’re not here to take part, we’re here to take over.”